''20 Years of Dischord'' is a three-disc

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compiled by

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-based record label

Dischord Records Dischord Records is a Washington, D.C.-based independent record label specializing in punk rock. The label is co-owned by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, who founded Dischord in 1980 to release ''Minor Disturbance'' by their band The Teen Idle ...

to commemorate its 20th anniversary.

Overview

''20 Years of Dischord'' is a concise but representative musical chronicle of the first two decades of the label originally created by

Ian MacKaye Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye (; born April 16, 1962) is an American musician. Active since 1979, he is best known as the co-founder and owner of Dischord Records, a Washington, D.C.-based independent record label and the frontman of hardcore punk ...

and Jeff Nelson as teenagers in 1980Beaujon, Andrew (May 2003)
"Out of Step with the World"
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Minor Disturbance ''Minor Disturbance'' is the debut EP by the American hardcore punk band the Teen Idles, released in December 1980. It was the first release by Dischord Records. Comprising eight songs, ''Minor Disturbance'' referenced a number of issues pertin ...

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"Various Artists: 20 Years of Dischord"
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''. Retrieved January 21, 2016.Heller, Jason (November 18, 2014)
"Primer: Where to Start with the Righteous Noise of Dischord Records"
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''. Retrieved January 28, 2016. their band,

the Teen Idles The Teen Idles were an American hardcore punk band formed in Washington, D.C. in September 1979. Consisting of teenagers Nathan Strejcek, Geordie Grindle, Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, they recorded two demo sessions and the 1980 ''Minor Disturb ...

, debut EP; but that, over time, it went on to document the most part of the music coming out of the U.S. capital city's underground community,Ruggles, Brock (2008). ''Not So Quiet on the Western Front: Punk Politics During the Conservative Ascendancy in the United States, 1980--2000''.

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. . p. 213. becoming highly influential. The core of the collection are the first two discs, packaged together into a single

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under the title ''Fifty Bands'', which contains 50 songs, one track from each band that appeared on the label from 1980 to 2000, all of them previously released,''20 Years of Dischord''
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''. Retrieved January 28, 2016. featured in roughly chronological order, showing the musical evolution of the scene. The third disc, an

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titled ''Unreleased and Rare'', consists of a variety of

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and live recordings from the Dischord vaults,''20 Years of Dischord: Rare & Unreleased MP3s''
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''. Retrieved January 28, 2016. also includes an early interview with MacKaye, as well as some video files of archival

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featuring

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by the Teen Idles, Untouchables,

State of Alert State of Alert (often abbreviated to S.O.A.) was an American hardcore punk group formed in Washington, D.C. in October 1980, and active till July 1981. S.O.A. was fronted by Henry Rollins, then using his original surname Garfield. History S.O.A ...

, the Faith,

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, and Deadline. The songs that make up the disc were also released separately, as a collection, and individually, as downloadables

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files. The box set includes a profusely illustrated 134-page book titled ''Putting DC on the Map''. Introduced by MacKaye, Nelson and

Henry Rollins Henry Lawrence Garfield (born February 13, 1961), known professionally as Henry Rollins, is an American singer, writer, spoken word artist, actor, and presenter. After performing in the short-lived hardcore punk band State of Alert in 1980, Rolli ...

, the booklet contains a brief historic review of the label, a profile of each of the bands featured on the compilation, and a pictorial discography.

Production and release

Conceived by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, the ''20 Years of Dischord'' box set was edited by

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in Arlington, Virginia. Chad Clark was in charge of the

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at Silver Sonya Recording and Mastering, also located in Arlington. The video files on the enhanced CD were edited by Chris Mills and Guillaume Bernardeau at the studio of RHED Pixel, located outside of Washington, D.C. Dischord Records released the collection on October 1, 2002.

''14 Bonus Tracks 2000–2008''

In November 2008, ''20 Years of Dischord'' was updated with an additional compilation titled ''14 Bonus Tracks 2000–2008'', featuring songs, all of them previously released, from 14 bands who have had releases on the label since 2000.''20 Years of Dischord: 14 Bonus Tracks 2000–2008''
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''. Retrieved January 28, 2016. Available only in

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format through digital download, this bonus collection has been sold separately or offered for free with the purchase of the original box set.

Track listings

''Fifty Bands''

''Unreleased and Rare''

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containing additional video files.

''14 Bonus Tracks 2000–2008''

Digital collection released in 2008 as an update of the original compilation.

Personnel

These were the lineups for each of the fifty songs featured on discs 1 and 2. ;The Teen Idles (1979–80) *Nathan Strejcek –

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*Geordie Grindle –

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– bass * Jeff Nelson –

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; Untouchables (1979–81) *

Alec MacKaye Alec MacKaye (born 1966) is an American singer and musician best known as a member of the DC hardcore bands Untouchables, The Faith, and Ignition. In the mid-1990s Alec joined the band The Warmers as a vocalist and guitarist. ''Mondo James Dea ...

– vocals *Eddie Janney – guitar *Bert Queiroz – bass *Richard Moore – drums ;

(S.O.A.) (1980–81) *Henry Garfield (later known as

) – vocals *

Michael Hampton Michael Hampton (born November 15, 1956) is an American funk/rock guitarist. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. Career Hampton was born in Cleveland, Ohio, a ...

– guitar *Wendel Blow – bass *Simon Jacobsen – drums ;

Minor Threat Minor Threat was an American hardcore punk band, formed in 1980 in Washington, D.C. by vocalist Ian MacKaye and drummer Jeff Nelson. MacKaye and Nelson had played in several other bands together, and recruited bassist Brian Baker and guitaris ...

(1980–83) *Ian MacKaye – vocals *

Lyle Preslar Lyle Preslar is an American musician best known for being the guitar player and songwriter for the hardcore punk band Minor Threat. Before that, he was the vocalist for The Extorts, who later became State of Alert after he quit. Despite not perfo ...

– guitar * Brian Baker – bass *Jeff Nelson – drums ;

(1980–83) *John Weiffenbach – vocals *Jon "Bubba" Dupree – guitar *Chris Stover – bass *Sean Finnegan – drums ; Youth Brigade (1980–81) *Nathan Strejcek – vocals *Tom Clinton – guitar *Bert Queiroz – bass *Danny Ingram – drums ;

Government Issue Government Issue was an American hardcore punk band from Washington, D.C. active from 1980 to 1989. The band experienced many changes in membership during its nine-year existence, with singer John Stabb as the only consistent member in an ever- ...

(1980–89) *John Stabb – vocals *John Barry – guitar *Brian Gay – bass *Mark Alberstadt – drums ;

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(1981–90) *

Pete Stahl Peter Marc Stahl is an American musician best known for fronting the Virginia-based punk/hardcore band Scream with his brother Franz. Early on, Scream also featured Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl on drums who credited Pete ...

– vocals *

Franz Stahl Franz Kenneth Stahl (born October 30, 1961) is an American guitarist, best known for being a member of both the Washington, D.C. hardcore punk band Scream with his brother Pete Stahl, and the alternative rock band Foo Fighters. Life and career ...

– guitar * Skeeter Thompson – bass *Kent Stax – drums ;

Iron Cross The Iron Cross (german: link=no, Eisernes Kreuz, , abbreviated EK) was a military decoration in the Kingdom of Prussia, and later in the German Empire (1871–1918) and Nazi Germany (1933–1945). King Frederick William III of Prussia est ...

(1981–85) *

Sab Grey Sab Grey (real name: Frederick Prasunitz) is the founder of Iron Cross, the United States' first skinhead hardcore/Oi! band. As a teenager, he began to attend hardcore punk concerts in Washington DC, where he met Ian Mackaye, Henry Rollins, and oth ...

– vocals *Mark Haggerty – guitar *Wendel Blow – bass *Dante Ferrando – drums ;Red C (1981) *Eric Lagdameo – vocals *Pete Murray – guitar *Toni Young – bass *Tomas Squip – drums ;Deadline (1981–82) *Ray Hare – vocals *Chris Caron – guitar *Terry Scanlon – bass *

Brendan Canty Brendan John Canty (born March 9, 1966, in Teaneck, New Jersey) is an American musician, composer, producer and film maker, best known as the drummer for the band Fugazi. In 2007, ''Stylus Magazine'' ranked Canty at #29 on the list of "50 Gre ...

– drums ;Artificial Peace (1980–81) *Steve Polcari – vocals *Pete Murray – guitar *Rob Moss – bass *Mike Manos – drums ; The Faith (1981–83) *Alec MacKaye – vocals *Michael Hampton – guitar *Eddie Janney – guitar *Chris Bald – bass *Ivor Hanson – drums ; Skewbald/Grand Union (1981–82) *Ian MacKaye – vocals *Eddie Janney – guitar *John Falls – bass *Jeff Nelson – drums ;

Marginal Man Marginal Man was an American hardcore punk band from Washington, D.C., that formed in 1982. Three of its members—Steve Polcari (vocals), Pete Murray (guitar), and Mike Manos (drums)—had previously played together in the Bethesda, Maryland h ...

(1982–88) *Steve Polcari – vocals *Pete Murray – guitar *Kenny Inouye – guitar *Andre Lee – bass *Mike Manos – drums ;

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(1983–86, 1990–93) *Geoff Turner – vocals, guitar *Mark Haggerty – guitar *

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– bass *Dante Ferrando – drums ;

Rites of Spring Rites of Spring was an American punk rock band from Washington, D.C., formed in late 1983. Along with Embrace, and Beefeater, they were one of the mainstay acts of the 1985 Revolution Summer movement Andersen, Mark; Jenkins, Mark (Soft Skull ...

(1984–86) *

Guy Picciotto Guy Charles Picciotto ( ) (born September 17, 1965) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, musician, and producer from Washington, DC. He is best known as the guitarist and vocalist in Fugazi and Rites of Spring. Career Rites of Spring ...

– vocals, guitar *Eddie Janney – guitar *

Michael Fellows Michael Ralph Fellows AC HFRSNZ MAE (born June 15, 1952 in Upland, California) is a computer scientist and the Elite Professor of Computer Science in the Department of Informatics at the University of Bergen, Norway as of January 2016. Biogra ...

– bass *Brendan Canty – drums ; Beefeater (1984–86) *Tomas Squip – vocals *Fred Smith – guitar *Dug E. Bird – bass *Kenny Craun – drums ;The Snakes (1982–90) *Simon Jacobsen – vocals, guitar, bass,

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*Michael Hampton – vocals, drums, keyboards, guitar, bass ;

Dag Nasty Dag Nasty is an American punk rockGreenwald, p. 14. "Ian Mackaye was such a huge Rites of Spring fan that he not only recorded what was to be the band's only album in 1985 and served as a roadie for them while on tour, but his own new band, E ...

(1985–91) *

Dave Smalley Dave Smalley is an American musician, best known as the lead singer for the hardcore punk bands DYS, Dag Nasty, and All and as lead singer/guitarist with Down by Law. He is known for his influence on pop punk music and his early contributio ...

– vocals *Brian Baker – guitar *Roger Marbury – bass *

Colin Sears Colin Sears is an American drummer who has performed in Bloody Mannequin Orchestra, Dag Nasty, The Marshes, Rumblepuppy, Grave Goods, Bloodbats, Los Vampiros, Thundering Asteroids! and currently Handgun Bravado and The Valley Floor. He wa ...

– drums ;

Embrace Embrace may refer to: * A hug, a form of physical intimacy * Acceptance Music Bands * Embrace (American band), a post-hardcore band from Washington, D.C. * Embrace (English band), a post-Britpop band from West Yorkshire * Embrace (duo), a Dan ...

(1985–86) *Ian MacKaye – vocals *Michael Hampton – guitar *Chris Bald – bass *Ivor Hanson – drums ;

Soulside Soulside, also spelled Soul Side, was an American post-hardcore band from the greater Washington, D.C. area. The original name of the band was Lunchmeat which was formed by high school students Bobby Sullivan, Chris Thomson, Scott McCloud and A ...

(1986–89) *

Bobby Sullivan Bobby Sullivan is a musician and activist. He grew up in the Washington, DC punk music, punk scene. Forming Soulside in 1983, their first release under the name Lunch Meat was a split 7" with Dave Grohl's first band, Mission Impossible. After th ...

– vocals *Scott McCloud – guitar *

Johnny Temple John Ellis Temple (August 8, 1927 – January 9, 1994) was a Major League Baseball second baseman who played for the Redlegs/Reds (1952–59; 1964); Cleveland Indians (1960–61), Baltimore Orioles (1962) and Houston Colt .45s (1962–63). Temp ...

– bass *Alexis Fleisig – drums ;

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(1986) *Ian MacKaye – vocals, guitar, bass *Jeff Nelson – drums,

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;

One Last Wish One Last Wish was a short-lived post-hardcore band from Washington, D.C. It was formed in May 1986 by members of Rites of Spring, and split up in January 1987. Amidst the breakup of Rites of Spring in 1986, three of its four members – Picciott ...

(1986–87) *Guy Picciotto – vocals *Michael Hampton – guitar *Eddie Janney – bass *Brendan Canty – drums ;

Fire Party Fire Party was a band from Washington, D.C. They were together from the autumn of 1986 to the spring of 1990. The band members were Amy Pickering (vocals), Natalie Avery (guitar), Kate Samworth (bass), and Nicky Thomas (drums).Strong, p. 333 Hi ...

(1986–90) *Amy Pickering – vocals *Natalie Avery – guitar *Kate Samworth – bass *Nicky Thomas – drums ;Ignition (1986–89) *Alec MacKaye – vocals *Chris Bald – guitar *Chris Thomson – bass *Dante Ferrando – drums ;

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(1986–88) *Geoff Turner – vocals, guitar *Mark Haggerty – guitar *Steve Niles – bass *Jeff Nelson – drums ;

Shudder to Think Shudder to Think was an American alternative rock band. Formed in 1986, they released three albums on the Washington, D.C.-based label Dischord Records, and two on Epic Records. Their early work was largely influenced by post-hardcore although ...

(1986–98) *

Craig Wedren Craig Benjamin Wedren (born August 15, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and composer, who began his career fronting post-hardcore band Shudder to Think. Following the disbandment of Shudder to Think, Wedren pursued a career as a ...

– vocals *Chris Matthews – guitar *Stuart Hill – bass *Mike Russell – drums ;

Happy Go Licky Happy Go Licky was an American post-hardcore band formed in the spring of 1987, and which broke up after their final show at Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club on New Year's Day in 1988. The group was a short-lived reunion of the renowned D.C. hardc ...

(1987–88) *Guy Picciotto – vocals, guitar *Eddie Janney – guitar, vocals,

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s *Michael Fellows – bass, vocals *Brendan Canty – drums ;

Fugazi Fugazi (; ) is an American post-hardcore band that formed in Washington, D.C., in 1986. The band consists of guitarists and vocalists Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto, bassist Joe Lally, and drummer Brendan Canty. They are noted for their style-tr ...

(1987-) *Ian MacKaye – vocals, guitar *Guy Picciotto – vocals, guitar *

Joe Lally Joseph Francis Lally (born December 3, 1963) is an American bassist, vocalist and record label owner, best known for his work with Fugazi. Biography Lally was born in Silver Spring, Maryland. Fugazi Joe Lally formed Fugazi with Ian MacKaye in ...

– bass *Brendan Canty – drums ;

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(1988-) *Daniel Higgs – vocals *Asa Osborne – guitar *John Chriest – bass *Mitchell Feldstein – drums ;Fidelity Jones (1988–90) *Tomas Squip Jones – vocals *Andy Charneco – guitar *Dug E. Bird – bass *

Jerry Busher Jerry Busher is an American drummer and multi-instrumentalist. He is known for his work with Fidelity Jones and Fugazi. Career Jerry Busher is a musician, audio engineer and artist from the Washington DC area. He played drums in Fidelity Jones f ...

– drums ;

The Nation of Ulysses The Nation of Ulysses was an American punk rock band from Washington, D.C., formed in spring 1988 with four members. Originally known as simply "Ulysses," the first mark of the group consisted of Ian Svenonius on vocals and trumpet, Steve Kron ...

(1988–92) *

Ian Svenonius Ian F Svenonius is an American musician and singer of various Washington, D.C.-based punk bands including Nation of Ulysses, the Make-Up, Weird War, XYZ, Escape-ism, and Chain and the Gang. Between his numerous projects, Svenonius has releas ...

– vocals,

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*Tim Green – guitar *Steve Kroner – guitar *Steve Gamboa – bass *

James Canty James Canty is a Brooklyn, New York-based multi-instrumentalist musician from Washington, D.C. Canty is currently known for playing guitar in the band Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, and guitar and keyboard with The Make-Up. Before forming The Mak ...

– drums ;Holy Rollers (1989–95) *Marc Lambiotte – vocals, guitar *Joe Aronstamn – bass, vocals *Maria Jones – drums, vocals *Ian MacKaye – additional vocals *Amy Pickering – additional vocals,

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;

Jawbox Jawbox is an American alternative rock band from Washington, D.C., formed in 1989 by J. Robbins (vocals/guitar), Kim Coletta (bass), and Adam Wade (drums). After the trio released the album ''Grippe'' in 1991, Bill Barbot (guitar/vocals) join ...

(1989–97) *

J. Robbins James Robbins (best known as J. Robbins) is an American rock musician. Career Robbins began his career as a bassist for Government Issue, and has also led five of his own bands: Jawbox, Rollkicker Laydown, Burning Airlines, Channels, and Off ...

– vocals, guitar *Bill Barbot – guitar, vocals *Kim Coletta – bass *Zachary Barocas – drums ;Severin (1989–93) *Alec Bourgeois – vocals, guitar *Mark Haggerty – guitar *Eugene Bogan – bass,

bagpipes Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Great Highland bagpipes are well known, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, No ...

*Alex Daniels – drums ;

High Back Chairs The High Back Chairs was a band from Washington, DC. Initially consisting of guitarist/vocalist Peter Hayes, guitarist Jim Spellman, bassist/vocalist Charles Steck, and drummer/vocalist Jeff Nelson, the group released its music on the Washington, ...

(1989–93) *Peter Hayes – vocals, guitar *

Jim Spellman Jim Spellman (born 1968) is an American journalist and musician. Formerly with CNN, Spellman joined CGTN America in 2013. Before that, he also played guitar in the High Back Chairs and Julie Ocean and drums in Velocity Girl Velocity Girl ...

– guitar *Charles Steck – bass *Jeff Nelson – drums ;

Autoclave An autoclave is a machine used to carry out industrial and scientific processes requiring elevated temperature and pressure in relation to ambient pressure and/or temperature. Autoclaves are used before surgical procedures to perform sterilizat ...

(1990–91) *

Christina Billotte Christina Billotte is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, known for her involvement in the punk music scene in Washington DC, as a performer and organizer. She is included in Venus Zine's list ''The Greatest Female Guitarists of All T ...

– vocals, bass *

Mary Timony Mary Bozana Timony (born October 17, 1970) is an American independent singer-songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist, and violist. She has been a member of the bands Helium, Autoclave and Wild Flag, and currently fronts Ex Hex. Timony's music is o ...

– guitar, vocals *Nikki Chapman – guitar *Melissa Berkoff – drums ;

Circus Lupus Circus Lupus was a post-hardcore band based in the area of Washington, D.C. The band originally formed in Madison, Wisconsin, where one-time Ignition and Soul Side bassist Chris Thomson met guitarist Chris Hamley and drummer Arika Casebolt while ...

(1990–93) *Chris Thomson – vocals *Chris Hamley – guitar *Seth Lorinczi – bass, additional vocals *Arika Casebolt – drums *

Joan Jett Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin, September 22, 1958) is an American singer, guitarist, record producer, and actress. Jett is best known for her work as the frontwoman of her band Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, and for earlier founding and per ...

– additional vocals *Amy Pickering – additional vocals ;Branch Manager (1990–97) *Ron Winters – vocals, guitar *Dave Allen – bass *Derrick Decker – drums ;

Slant 6 Slant 6 was an American punk rock trio based in Washington, D.C. affiliated with early riot grrrl. Slant 6 consisted of Christina Billotte (electric guitar and vocals), Myra Power (electric bass guitar and vocals), and Marge Marshall (drum se ...

(1992–95) *Christina Billotte – vocals, guitar *Myra Power – bass, vocals *Marge Marshall – drums ; Hoover (1992–94) *Joseph McRedmond – guitar, vocals *Alexander T. Dunham – guitar, vocals *Frederick Erskine – bass, vocals *Christopher Farrall – drums ; Trusty (1989–97) *Bobby Matthews – vocals, guitar *James Brady – guitar *Brad Long – bass *Jim Schaffer – drums ;

Smart Went Crazy Smart Went Crazy was an American rock band from Washington, D.C. History Smart Went Crazy was formed by high school students, Chad Clark (guitar and vocals), Abram Goodrich (bass) and Hilary Soldati (cello and vocals). Following graduation the ...

(1993–98) *Chad Clark – vocals, guitar *Jeff Boswell – guitar *Abram Goodrich – bass *Hilary Soldati –

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...

*Devin Ocampo – drums ; The Crownhate Ruin (1994–96) *Joseph McRedmond – vocals, guitar *Frederick Erskine – vocals, bass *Vin Novara – drums ;

The Warmers The Warmers were an American post-hardcore band based in Washington, D.C., United States, active from 1994 to 1997. The band was a trio featuring former Faith vocalist Alec MacKaye (guitar and vocals), Juan Luis Carrera (bass and vocals), and ...

(1994–97) *Alec MacKaye – guitar, vocals *

Juan Luis Carrera Juan Luis Carrera is a former musician turned musician manager. As a musician, Carrera was the bassist for the Dischord Records band The Warmers and has also played with bands like Lungfish (band), Lungfish, Lois Maffeo, Lois, Junk Man Ran, and The ...

– bass, vocals *

Amy Farina Amy Farina is a musician living in Washington, D.C. As of 2001, Farina has played drums and sings in the Indie rock duo The Evens, which includes her husband, Ian MacKaye. Career Farina has played in The Warmers (which included Ian's younger bro ...

– drums ;

Make-Up Cosmetics are constituted mixtures of chemical compounds derived from either natural sources, or synthetically created ones. Cosmetics have various purposes. Those designed for personal care and skin care can be used to cleanse or protect ...

(1995–2000) *Ian Svenonius – vocals *James Canty – guitar,

organ Organ may refer to: Biology * Organ (biology), a part of an organism Musical instruments * Organ (music), a family of keyboard musical instruments characterized by sustained tone ** Electronic organ, an electronic keyboard instrument ** Hammond ...

*Michelle Mae – bass *Steve Gamboa – drums ;

Bluetip Bluetip was an American rock band from Washington, D.C., forming in March 1995 by ex-members of Swiz. They released four albums, an EP, and a number of singles before splitting up in January 2002. Originally, the band was to be named The Ohio Blu ...

(1995–2002) *Jason Farrell – vocals, guitar *Dave Stern – guitar *Jake Kump – bass *Dave Bryson – drums ;

Faraquet Faraquet is an American post-hardcore band from Washington D.C., United States, sometimes placed in the math rock genre. The trio formed in 1997 and disbanded in 2001 after releasing its debut full-length on Dischord Records. Faraquet were influ ...

(1997–2001) *Devin Ocampo – guitar, vocals *Jeff Boswell – bass *Chad Molter – drums ;

Q and Not U Q and Not U was a post-hardcore band from Washington, D.C., signed to Dischord Records. Members John Davis, Harris Klahr, Christopher Richards, and Matt Borlik formed the band in 1998. After Borlik's departure following the release of their firs ...

(1998–2005) *Chris Richards – guitar, vocals *Harris Klahr – guitar, vocals *Matt Borlik – bass *John Davis – drums ;Production (box set) *

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(audio) *Guillaume Bernardeau – editing (video) *Chris Mills – editing (video) *Chad Clark –

*Jeff Nelson –

graphic design Graphic design is a profession, academic discipline and applied art whose activity consists in projecting visual communications intended to transmit specific messages to social groups, with specific objectives. Graphic design is an interdiscipli ...

liner notes Liner notes (also sleeve notes or album notes) are the writings found on the sleeves of LP record albums and in booklets that come inserted into the compact disc jewel case or the equivalent packaging for cassettes. Origin Liner notes are desce ...

*Michaele Fussell –

artwork A work of art, artwork, art piece, piece of art or art object is an artistic creation of aesthetic value. Except for "work of art", which may be used of any work regarded as art in its widest sense, including works from literature ...

(graphic production) *Ian MacKaye – liner notes *Henry Rollins – liner notes

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Discogs Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. While the site was originally created with a goal of becoming the la ...

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Overview

Production and release

''14 Bonus Tracks 2000–2008''

Track listings

''Fifty Bands''

''Unreleased and Rare''

''14 Bonus Tracks 2000–2008''

Personnel

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